FreedomWorks

The Honorable Dick Armey (Chairman)
Former House Majority Leader

The Honorable James H. Burnley
Venable

A partner at Venable LLP, James H. Burnley previously served as the U.S. Secretary of Transportation from 1987 to 1989 and is one of the nation’s foremost authorities on transportation law and policy. He also served as Deputy Secretary of Transportation from 1983 to 1987 and was General Counsel of the Department in 1983. Prior to his years with the USDOT, Mr. Burnley served as Associate Deputy Attorney General for the Justice Department and as Director of the VISTA Program in the early 1980s.

Matt Kibbe
FreedomWorks

Thomas Knudsen
Thomas Publishing Company

Thomas Knudsen is president of Thomas Publishers located in New York City. He graduated from Yale University and received an MBA from the Uris School of Business.

Richard J Stephenson
Cancer Treatment Centers of America

Richard Stephenson heads the Cancer Treatment Centers of America as well as several other health care, finance, and real estate companies. He received his bachelor's degree from Wabash in Crawfordsville, Ind. and his J.D. from the Northwestern University School of Law.

Bill Jaeger
Jaeger Vineyards

FreedomWorks Foundation

The Honorable Dick Armey (Chairman)
Former House Majority Leader

Steve Forbes
Forbes Magazine

Steve Forbes is President and Chief Executive Officer of Forbes and Editor-in-Chief of Forbes magazine. The company’s flagship publication, Forbes, is the nation’s leading business magazine, with a circulation of 900,000. In both 1996 and 2000, Mr. Forbes campaigned vigorously for the Republican nomination for the Presidency. Key to his platform were a flat tax, medical savings accounts, a new Social Security system for working Americans, parental choice of schools for their children, term limits and a strong national defense. Mr. Forbes is the author of Flat Tax Revolution: Using a Postcard to Abolish the IRS (Regnery, 2005) and A New Birth of Freedom (Regnery, 1999)

Ted Abram
American Institute for Full Employment

Ted Abram is executive director of the Klamath Falls, Oregon-based American Institute for Full Employment. Prior, Abram served 16 years as a Circuit Court Judge for the State of Oregon. He spent ten years as Presiding Circuit Judge for Klamath and Lake Counties and served on the Commission for Judicial Fitness for six years.

Matt Kibbe
FreedomWorks

Frank M. Sands, Sr.
Sands Capital Management

Frank M. Sands, Sr., is Chief Executive Officer and Chief Investment Officer of Sands Capital Management.  Sands Capital Management began operations in February of 1992. It was founded with the belief that a small, dedicated, professional investment group, committed to and focused on a high quality growth investment strategy, could create wealth for its clients over time and in a prudent fashion. The investment strategy has been developed and refined by Frank over his 37-year career in investment management. Since 1992, assets under management have increased from approximately $60 million to approximately $19 billion.  In addition to his successful business, Mr. Sands has been involved as a board member of a number of different volunteer boards and community organizations.  He and his wife, Marjorie, reside in Virginia.